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Welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of the IPL 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Five runs needed off the last! It’s Avesh Khan with the final over. A couple of singles. Three off four balls. FOUR! AND DUBE WINS IT FOR THE CHENNAI SUPER KINGS!
24 needed off the last two. Shardul with the penultimate over and Dube flicks it past short third for a FOUR! Akash Deep dives prematurely and misses the ball. NO BALL AND A SIX! Is that the match?! Dube smacks the ball over backward square leg. DROPPED! Dhoni tries to clear covers but Bishnoi is there. However, the spinner fluffs it! FOUR! Dhoni sends the full toss towards mid-wicket for a boundary!
Avesh continues. Luck is on Dhoni’s side! He swings and an edge takes the ball past short third for a FOUR! That must have hurt! Dube smacks it hard straight at Avesh, who seems to have copped a niggle on his hand.
Shardul with his third over as the umpires bring in a new ball. FOUR! Dube covers it well and finds the gap to score a boundary. Couple of wides and then a dot ball. SIX! Dhoni hits a one-handed maximum over square leg! Is it on? Can he finish it off for CSK!?
Avesh Khan returns for his second over and bowls a wide ball. Dhoni is out in the middle and the crowd at the Ekana, mostly clad in yellow, goes berserk. FOUR! Dhoni clubs it past the mid off fielder and finds the ropes. FOUR! A deft flick as Dhoni’s shot has enough to be wide of Pant and race for a boundary.
Digvesh bowling out now. The squeeze is well and truly on and CSK needs to accelerate if it wants to get a win. The current rate is close to eight but the asking rate is now flirting with the 10-run mark. Dube stays on as Pant’s stumping attempt sees no result, the batter had grounded his feet on time. OUT! A wicket and just two runs from the over. Shankar goes for the biggie and instead mistimes it to hole out to backward point.
Shankar 17 (20) c Avesh b Digvesh
Markram bowling out. Great spell from the South African all-rounder as he gives away just five runs from his final over.
Looks like LSG has taken a punt on the last ball of the previous delivery which caught Vijay Shankar’s pads. And that’s umpires call! Close one!
Bishnoi with his third over. GONE! Jadeja is out! He was always looking a bit unsure of his shots as he holes out to Markram at long on!
Jadeja 7 (11) c Markram b Bishnoi
Vijay Shankar is the newest batter at the crease. And he lofts it over the covers for a FOUR!
Markram with his third over. SMACK! Shivam Dube sends the ball over mid-wicket for a SIX!
Digvesh returns, replacing Bishnoi. Just a few singles in this over. The asking rate now above eight runs. No boundary from the over.
Markram continues. Jadeja picks up a single to deep midwicket. Length ball outside off, punched to long off for one. Jadeja turns one to deep square for a single. Dube inside edges a horizontal bat shot to short third for a single. Jadeja pulls a slightly shorter ball too deep midwicket.
Ravindra Jadeja in at 4. Bishnoi to Tripathi, full outside off, driven straight to short cover. On the pads, turned to deep midwicket for a single. Jadeja gets off the mark with a single to long on. WICKET! Tripathi chips one straight back to the bowler. Undone by a straight ball there.
Tripathi c and b Ravi Bishnoi 9(10)
Shivam Dube in at 5 as the impact sub.
Markram into the attack. Tripathi flicks a length ball to midwicket for one. Rachin pulls a length ball through wide mid on and picks up two. Rachin gets a single to long on. Rachin miscues a pull shot, gets it in the gap and picks up two. Appeals for lbw after Rachin misses a sweep. Given out onfield by Tripathi convinces him to go for the review. Three reds and Rachin has to depart.
Ravindra lbw b Markram 37(22)
Four!! Bishnoi into the attack. Short first up, Rachin pulls it down the ground and beats both long on and long off. Cuts a shorter one to point for a single. Dropped!! Tripathi doesn’t read the spin, gets a top edge off his slog but Samad puts down an easy chance running in from long off. Eight from the over.
Digvesh to Rachin. Full on off, swept to the fielder at deep midwicket for a single. Four!! Tripathi brings out the sweep and clears the short fine leg fielder to pick up a boundary. Swept again, not the best timing so he’ll pick up just one.
Avesh into the attack. Four!! Length ball well outside off, Rachin crunches the cut past the sweeper and picks up a boundary. Two more runs to the point region. 50 partnership up between the two. Rachin defends one to mid off for one. WICKET!! Slower ball well outside off, Rasheed tries to pull it over the legside, the top edge falls straight to Pooran at short midwicket.
Shaik Rasheed c Pooran b Avesh Khan 27(19)
Rahul Tripathi in at 3.
Digvesh Rathi into the attack. Bowls one down leg first up. Rasheed turns one to midwicket and picks up a single. Quick single for Rachin after pushing one to cover. Fired full down leg again, Rasheed misses his sweep. Quick angled into the pads, Rasheed can’t get it away. Four!! Once again down leg, manages to get it past the short fine leg fielder and finds the boundary.
Back of a length to Rachin from Shardul, punched to long on for one. Full outside off to Rasheed, defended to cover. Four!! Outside edge as Rasheed defends a length balls, just evades the fielder at point for a boundary. Four!! Full on the stumps, driven expertly through wide mid on for a boundary. Four!! Full outside off to Rachin, driven through the covers for a boundary.
Akash Deep from the other end. Rachin picks up a single after mistiming a drive through mid off. Four!! Length on the pads, clipped through midwicket for a boundary. Four!! A check drive down the ground, beats mid on and finds the boundary. Four!! Ful on the pads, clipped over midwicket for a third boundary.
Ravi Bishnoi comes in for Mitchell Marsh as the impact player.
Shardul opens the bowling against Rasheed. Full outside off, punched to cover for a single. First IPL runs for the youngster. Four!! Full outside off, Rachin creams the drive through cover and picks up a boundary. Four!! On the pads from Shardul, clipped through square leg for a boundary. 10 runs from the first over.
Purple Cap, IPL 2025: Here is the list of highest wicket-takers during the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings on April 14.
Pathirana to bowl out and finish the innings. And he starts with an extremely wide ball. DHONI WITH THE REFLEXES AGAIN! Pathirana bowls a wide ball but the wicketkeeper lofts the ball and finds the stumps at the other end to run out Samad.
Samad 20 (11) run out (Dhoni)
Dhoni again! Pant sends the ball high up in the air and Dhoni calls it. The experienced custodian behind the stumps takes the catch comfortably.
Pant 63 (49) c Dhoni b Pathirana
Two quick runs from the batters as Pathirana adds two more wide balls in this over. Shardul Thakur swings and a top edge helps the ball race for a FOUR! Last ball, and Pathirana removes Shardul!
Khaleel Ahmed returns. And the batters start with a two. SIX! Pant continues to find the big shots as he sends Khaleel’s delivery over long on for a big one! DROPPED! It’s debutant Shaik Rasheed who has to run towards the falling ball and his effort doesn’t bear fruit as Pant stays on. Next ball, Samad smashes it for a SIX to bring up a 50-run partnership between Pant and himself.
Pathirana with his third and he begins with a wide. And SIX! Pant whips it over mid-wicket for a maximum with great ease, using the pace on the ball to great effect. SMACK! Pant hits a one-handed pull shot and the ball is deposited over deep square leg. With this, his fifty comes up. CLOSE! Pant’s miscued shot falls just short in front of Tripathi but a direct hit from him would have sent the batter back to the hut.
Noor bowling out. Close! The spinner almost gets Pant lbw but the umpire isn’t interested in it. Just three runs from it and Noor concedes 13 from his four overs.
Pathirana with his second over. Pant tries to pull the Sri Lankan pacer but fails to middle it cleanly. SIX! Samad picks the bones out of that Pathirana bowler and sends it sailing over the covers.
Noor with the ball and almost skittles Pant’s stumps with a delivery that’s right in the blockhole. Just two runs from it, another brilliant over from the spinner.
JADEJA STRIKES AGAIN! The tweaker traps Badoni lbw and the umpire raises his finger. However, the batter takes the review. NOT OUT! That’s another reprieve for the right-handed batter as the ball hits his glove first. Third time lucky for CSK! Badoni steps way out of his crease to attack Jadeja’s delivery and it’s an easy stumping for Dhoni.
Badoni 22 (17) st Dhoni
Abdul Samad is the newest batter at the crease.
Matheesha Pathirana is brought into the attack and he is welcomed by a smashing cover drive by Pant for a FOUR! Next ball, at the stumps and Pant defends it on the front foot. NO BALL! That seemed the end of Badoni’s stay at the crease. He half-heartedly plays a wider ball and he holes out to deep third. But, the delivery is above the batter’s shoulder and he stays on.
Overton replaces Jadeja and bowls a slower ball quite wide of Badoni’s off stump. A dot ball. Dhoni misfields and a single is taken by the batters. SIX! Wider ball but this time Badoni connects and sends it over point for a maximum! ANOTHER SIX! A shorter delivery, almost drifting down leg, and Badoni swivels to smack it over backward square leg for a maximum!
Noor returns. Some tight bowling from the tweaker, conceding just three singles so far. DROPPED! Pant tries to cut but there’s a big edge. However, the ball hits Dhoni’s fingers and goes away.
Jadeja with his second. Four!! Full and wide outside off to Pant. He gets an inside edge on the sweep that runs through Dhoni’s legs for four. WICKET!! A quicker one on a length, beats Marsh’s slog and crashes into middle stump.
Mitchell Marsh b Jadeja 30(25)
Badoni walks outs and lofts Jadeja over the offside for a boundary.
Noor Ahmad into the attack. Spinning away from Marsh outside off, misses his punch outside off. Marsh misses three consecutive balls outside off. Pulls the next one to the legside for one. Pant derends one to the legside and picks up one. Five from the over.
Ravindra Jadeja into the attack. Four!! A touch short and Marsh is quick to punch it through cover off the backfoot. Another punch in that direction, only a single this time. Four!! A touch short outside off stump, Pant cuts it past short third for a boundary. Pant misses a slog sweep over a fuller delivery. 10 from the over.
Jamie Overton into the attack. Short of a length to Pant, pulled along the ground to deep square for one. Full to Marsh, punched to long on for an easy single. Six!! Full on off to Pant, reverse scoops it over third man and manages to clear the boundary. Short ball on the body, awkwardly pulled to deep fine for a couple. Marsh inside edges one, but the balls stays clear of the stumps.
Kamboj continues. Third over for him. Full on the pads to Marsh, clipped to square leg where a good effort keeps it to one. Four!! Length ball, Pant slogs hard and finds the gap on the legside and picks up a boundary. Guides the next one to deep third for one. Length ball on the stumps, Marsh defends to mid on for one. Eight from the over.
Rishabh Pant in at 4. Khaleel with his third over. Swinging away from the right-hander, Marsh lets it go. Four! A touch short on the body, pulled towards fine leg. There is a fielder in place but it just evades him. Six!! Full on the pads, Marsh whips it over midwicket for six! Back of a length outside off to Pant, shoulders arms.
Kamboj with his second. Six!! Slightly full on off, lofted over mid off for a six. Marsh defends a back of a length ball to silly mid off and sets off for one. Four!! Full on the stumps to Pooran, hoicked over the empty legside field for a boundary. WICKET!! Huge appeals for lbw from Kamboj as Pooran misses his legside flick. Looked very close. CSK reviews. No movement on Ultra Edge. Three reds on ball tracking and the danger man departs!
Khaleel again. Short of a length on the body to Marsh, pulled to deep fine for a single. Back of a length to Pooran, defended to the offside. Full and wide outside off, some movement away from the southpaw. Four!! Pooran looks to go big on the legside, the top edge flies over short fine leg and runs away to the boundary for four. Short of length outside off, Pooran misses his waft. Beaten on the outside edge again.
Anshul Kamboj from the other end. Nicholas Pooran in at 3. Kamboj to Marsh, swinging away from a length outside off, left alone by Marsh. Same ball, left alone again. A touch fuller from Kamboj, Marsh takes a stride forward and defends to the offside. Pushes one to mid on and scampers across from a single. Back of a length outside off to Pooran, left alone.
Khaleel Ahmed with the new ball. Aiden Markram and Mitch Marsh open for LSG. Angles one into the right hander from over the wicket, defended back solidly. Moving away from the batter, Markram misses his waft outside off. Four!! A touch short this time, punched off the backfoot through cover for a boundary. Rachin with an excellent effort and backward point restricts Markram’s guide through the off side to two runs. WICKET!! Full moving away from legstump, Markram gets a leading edge that flies over the infield. Tripathi does brilliantly well to run backward and complete a diving effort.
Batter Shaik Rasheed joins the list of debutants for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League as the youngster takes to the field against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium on Monday.
LSG: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh
CSK: Shivam Dube, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sam Curran, Deepak Hooda
CSK: Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni(WK/C), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana
LSG: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(WK/C), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi
CSK wins the toss, opts to bowl first.
“There is a chance of dew here and it could get better to bat later. We haven’t been doing well but its important to find the right temperament. Shaik Rasheed replaces Devon Conway and Jamie Overton replaces R. Ashwin,” says MS Dhoni
“Might be a little hard to bat in the first innings. Important to not give a team like CSK a chance. Marsh replaces Himmat,” says Rishabh Pant.
The pitch is a mixture of red and black soil. It could be a little two-paced, reckons Michael Clarke. It will be conducive to bat with the new ball and could slow down as the game progresses.
Matches played: 17
Won: 9
Lost: 7
No results: 1
Highest score: 203/8 vs MI (April, 2025)
Lowest score: 108 all out vs RCB (May, 2023)
Teams losing out on good starts in the first innings of the game has been an upcoming trend this season. In 13 out of 29 games in IPL 2025, teams batting first have lost out on a good start or have only made negligible improvement in the scoring rate in 11-20 overs.
Batting XI: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c&wk), R Ashwin, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana.
Bowling XI: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c&wk), R Ashwin, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana.
Impact sub options: Shivam Dube/Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Andre Siddarth.
Batting XI: Mitchell Marsh/Himmat Singh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Bowling XI: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Akash Deep.
Impact sub options: Akash Deep/Mitchell Marsh , Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh.
Matches played: 5
LSG won: 3
CSK won: 1
No results: 1
Last result: LSG won by 8 wickets (Lucknow, 19 April 2024)
Lucknow Super Giants: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, RS Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, Mohsin Khan.
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(c&wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed, Shreyas Gopal, Devon Conway, Mukesh Choudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi.
That the 33-year-old was playing his first IPL game in three years didn’t matter as Karun Nair produced a scintillating 40-ball 89 against Mumbai Indians in a run chase of 206, but the team fell agonisingly short.
Bottom-placed Chennai Super Kings will look to get back to winning ways when it visits Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2025.
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